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Taylor: first woman to hold the gavelLast May, Beatrice Taylor made history by being elected the first woman mayor of Urbanna. Taylor was vice mayor of the town for 10 years and has served on council for 11 years.

posted 08.01.2008

When drainfields fail, it’s the county’s problem
The county zoning ordinance does not consider mass central drainfields as a central sewer system. If soils support it, are drainfields as good as central sewer? asked commission member Gordon Jones.

posted 08.01.2008

Hit-and-run driver gets 10-year sentence
“What Shawna Lindy did after the crash was directly contrary to the core basic human values that we are based upon,” Hurd told Circuit Court Judge William T. Shaw III.

posted 08.01.2008

Dream summer for a young manAt the age of 15, Chiffriller is on his third sailboat. He recently purchased a Columbia Contender sailboat at the Deltaville Maritime Museum’s “Field of Dreams” sale.